Final chance for Xbox Japan

The Xbox was a major flop in Japan but Microsoft have already started moving to ensure Xbox 2 - or whatever it is called - doesn't suffer the same fate. Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known as the creator of the Final Fantasy series, has signed up to develop role-playing games (RPG's) for the "next-generation" Xbox. RPG's are hugely popular in Japan where the likes of Dragon Quest sell like +3 hot cakes. The genre has also increased in popularity elsewhere, with games like, you've guessed it, World of Warcraft showing that punters can't get enough of stats and questing. Whether Sakuguchi's pedigree can help the new Xbox in Japan remains to be seen though.